Analysis of Two Articles

¶ … tattoo ink that is used in everyday and normal tattoos and how the ink and other materials used in those tattoos might be harmful to the people that adorn themselves with them. The audience is presumably doing this article as a caution to those that have tattoos, are planning to get tattoos and/or know someone that is in either of those first two classifications. The style, form and structure are rather nice. Rather than getting right into the negative details and the technical aspects of the issue, the author of the article waxes eloquent about who gets tattoos, why they get them, how proud they are of them and so forth. The author of the article also admits having some of their own tattoos. However, the article then gets down to business about how some of the components of tattoo ink can be toxic. There is also talk of to what degree the FDA and CDC have weighed in on the issue, which is actually not that much for either agency.

The first few sentence are probably the best part of the article and really do make an effective scene. The word about the sultry pin-up or Polynesian beauty girl that adorned the arms of many soldiers on the beaches of Normandy or the words about how NBA players and Hell's Angels alike make heavy use of tattoos to tell the story of their life, their worldview and/or what motivates them. The statistics about how many people and what age groups have tattoos also makes it clear that the issue transcends generations and nearly four in ten Millennials have tattoos. The extensive mention of Dr. Joshi was also quite good. However, if there was one thing to improve, it would be the Joshi section. The material is very good but it should probably be condensed as it is quite verbose and lengthy. A good many readers would lose interest partially into the story and many of them might not even make it to the part regarding Joshi, which is the best and most informative part of the story.

Article Two -- Cemetery Concerts

The basic subject of the article is the practice of a certain concert creator to use a cemetery as a concert venue. Specifically, the cemetery in question is the Bohemian National Cemetery. The author also speaks about his own fandom relating to metal and how insightful he thought the idea to do the concert at the Bohemian happened to be. As for why the writer is doing the article, it would seem the purpose is to reveal a niche sort of concert show to those that might be interested in metal, live performances in general or both. The style and form is quite obviously like a documentary but it is clear that the person doing the documentary is him or herself a fan of the genre and the concept in general. Indeed, some might think a show at a cemetery to be macabre or even disrespectful. However, even with the disagreement about doing it in the first place, the scene is painted quite well. From the mention of the fact that only certain acts would ever be booked for a show at the Bohemian Cemetery to the details about the fans that hover around the art form, a fairly good picture is painted.